The Internet has empowered us to shift our personal lives online; banking, gaming, even dating and socialising. Unfortunately, this reliance on the electronic world has introduced an element of potential exploitation. From applications that change a computer’s home page to sophisticated programs that infect nuclear power machines (stuxnet is the “largest and costliest development effort […]
“Good morning,” said the man on Debra’s doorstep. He had the confident square jaw and immaculate suit of a salesman, except that he was holding a clipboard rather than a suitcase full of knives or a bag of cleaning products. His hair had to be fake, or at least professionally styled; it was too […]
Bloody alarm, it’s well too early for me. Grab my morning uppers, glass of lukewarm water, press snooze, and enjoy the extra ten minutes. I feel fucked still. My life is shit. That came too soon, turn the alarm off, feel alert and awake. Shit shower shave, brush my teeth, look at my red eyes. […]
Darren paused the computer game and listened. He could hear someone walking slowly down the tiny flat corridor, probably nan coming to give him another bollocking about chucking that brick through that bloke’s window earlier. “Fuck off nana!” he shouted, and threw one of the empty cider cans littering the floor at his peeling white […]
Warren looked around the restaurant bar. “I tell you what,” he said to his best friend Trent, “there are some fucking monsters in here tonight. I wouldn’t crawl over any of them to get to you!” Trent smiled without humour and smoothed his suit down nervously. He wanted his second date with Becky to be […]
Over the last two months I have experienced a massive surge in viruses attacking computer systems. I can’t help but notice that this is about the time when several other hacks and exploit have been made public; I refer to the most obvious “Heartbleed” OpenSSL flaw. I notice that Steam has had an issue too. […]
It was a very warm and dark night as I walked home from my girlfriend’s house. I must have been about 14 or 15. The time was roughly 11pm as I came to the main road that passed in front of my secondary school, and I planned to cut through the school grounds as a […]
All throughout school, I’d hated Trapper. He wasn’t popular or handsome or especially intelligent. He was blessed with, however, a confidence that trumped arrogance, opinions that went beyond fascism, cruelty beyond psychotic. Despite his sedentary flabby pale body, he held himself with the poise of an Adonis; his self-belief that he was perfect, both physically […]
I’ve been playing MTG for a few months now, and here’s my main deck in honour of one of my favourite retro games, Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts. Yep, this deck is comprised of zombies and illusions! 14 x Swamp 10 x Island 2 x Dimir Guildgate Black Creatures 2 x Liliana’s Reaver. Deathtouch, and can start […]
I’ve released my first book! Grand Theft Planetary & other stories is a collection of shorts I’ve written over the past couple of years. It’s currently available on Smashwords and will be appearing on many other online bookstores. I’ve made three of the stories available as a free preview, including the title story. If you […]
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